Posted 8 years ago
Tanni
(47 items)
A pair of stirling silver sweetheart trinkets from the war. They belonged to.... Betsy who was my grandmother and Chris who is my grandfather.
Chris A Kumnick Jr. was a Col. In the USAF and a Master Navigator/Observer.
It's been said that.... "The pilot flys the plain... While the Navigator/Observer fights the plain". Col. Chris A Kumnick Jr. served in WWII, The Korean War and The Vietnam War. He was part of the A.A.F. (Army Air Force), F.E.A.F. (Far East Air Force), R.A. (Regular Army), U.S.A.F. (United States Air Force) and S.A.C. (Strategic Air Command).
He was Born on Feb, 6, 1919 in Bryan Ohio and died on March, 17, 2017 in Fairfield CA.
I hope you all enjoy !
Those are great!
Great wings. Looks like your grandfather was a Navigator in the Army Air Corps during WW2.
Fantastic that these have stayed in the family. It is unusual to find a sweetheart bracelet paired up with his bracelet.
Are you familiar with his service-- many of us would enjoy seeing other souvenirs of his service.
Thanks for sharing.
scott
I'm in the process of researching what I've found so far.
Unfortunately I don't remember much of his stories. I was a bit too young to appreciate them. And now he's 97 and a bit to old to tell me about them.
I do have some pretty amazing souvenirs of his service time.
I'm actually trying to figure out how to post my favorite one.
He took a Currency bill from wherever he was stationed and had some of the other Air men sign it. It pretty incredible. It's also very long.
Thanks for the comment. It's nice to see that people still enjoy and care.
The signed bills are known as a "short snorter" and were popular among WW2 service men. I have seen them many times in WW2 groupings. Here is a link about them:
http://www.shortsnorter.org/
scott
Thank you so much for sharing that link !
I absolutely enjoyed looking at all those "short snorters".
I did see that on one of my Grandfather's noat's but I just thought it was his nickname or something...lol
Glad to help out. When you have time, please share some photos of your grandfather's short snorter on this site.
scott
I definitely will.
Btw thank you Efesgirl ! :)
Here is some more information from the National Archives that may be of interest:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=chris+kumnick&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1726272
Based on your grandfather's wings and later service number (with an "O"), he went on to be commissioned.
scott
THAT IS SO AWESOME !!!
Thank you for your time and effort. I'm truly appreciate it.
I've found some interesting information myself.
I'm just not exactly sure if I should post it or not.
I really want to share though
Once again glad to help out.
Have a happy New Year!
scott
Thanks for the love
Newfld
And all the other's that I've missed over time !
Beautiful tribute !~
Thank you PhilDMorris
And Collectables59